By TYRIQ MCCORD<\/p>\n
With the NFL season starting Thursday, teams are ready to lace up the cleats and win some games. Well at least majority of them.<\/p>\n
Steelers’ running back Le\u2019Veon Bell, the self-proclaimed Juice, has been holding out with the team organization all off season and the pre-season just to renew his contract to get what he believes he deserves. Bell, who ended top three in both rushing yards and rushing touchdowns in 2017, signed a $12.12 million one-year deal in 2017 and expects to be paid more. The Steelers put a $14.54 million franchise tag on Bell but has yet to agree to the deal and some teammates are getting bothered by it.<\/p>\n
Offensive linemen Maurkice Pouncey and Ramon Foster were very out spoken about Bell\u2019s situation and they were not happy.<\/p>\n
“Honestly it’s a little selfish,\u00a0I’m kinda pissed right now. It sucks that he’s not here. we’ll move on as a team. It doesn’t look like he’ll be in the game plan at this point,\u201d Pouncey said through Tim Benz of the Tribune-Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cNobody is taking this well at all,\u201d Foster explained per Mark Kaboly of The Athletic. \u201cThat guy comes in half the season, and he still will make more than me so f–k it, right?”<\/p>\n Bleacher Report posted quotes from both of Le\u2019Veon\u2019s teammates on their Instagram page and Le\u2019Veon left a simple comment under the picture saying \u201cwhoa.\u201d The hogs, offensive linemen, are pretty upset simply because they feel \u201cwe\u2019re the guys who do it for him,\u201d Foster would say.<\/p>\n Second year running back, James Conner, played a limited role for the Pittsburgh last year as a back up to Le\u2019Veon. He ended the season with only 144 rushing yards on 32 attempts with no touchdowns.<\/p>\n Conner looks great. We’ll worry about him [Le\u2019Veon] in Week 2,\u201d Pouncey said.<\/p>\n Steelers kickoff against a new and improved Cleveland Browns team at 1 p.m. this Sunday. Though they will be juiceless in their first game, the hogs are looking forward to leading Conner to a great game in his first-ever career start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By TYRIQ MCCORD With the NFL season starting Thursday, teams are ready to lace up the cleats and win some games. Well at least majority of them. Steelers’ running back Le\u2019Veon Bell, the self-proclaimed Juice, has been holding out with … Continue reading